Minute of Islands
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 34, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 5.7h
- Value
- $3.51/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Geforce GT540 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 5570 (1024 MB), 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.99. That was June 2026. 43 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 47 percent on value. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre. Sable ($24.99, scores 51) outscores it, and so does Creaks ($19.99, scores 67). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
4 of the 458 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2021 to September 2026.
The drop-off
71% start to 8% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
🌊 A Beautiful, Atmospheric Journey Minute of Islands is one of those games that, rather than trying to entertain you with complex gameplay, wants to pull you into its world. What caught my attention from the very beginning was the atmosphere and art style . The world is beautiful, but at the same time it has this strange feeling of loneliness and sadness. The environments and music work really well with the story...
The artwork is really lovely and the story and setting seems really interesting however the gameplay is strangely sluggish. The cut scenes are very slow and have long moments where almost nothing is happening. E.g. each time the boat docks at an island it is shown the whole way and very very slow. Kind of frustrating and you can't skip or speed it up. Even the character's walking pace is oddly slow so it feels like...
There is no replayability in this game. You can't select individual chapters, so after finishing the game, so the only way to revisit previous locations is too start game from beginning. It's quite shameful, because this game has some lovely scenery, and this game is discouraging you from visiting back to those beautiful locations. Also, if you want to collect all the memories (the only collectibles in the game, and...
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Cite this score
Minute of Islands scores 34/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1049710/minute-of-islandsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 1.
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